Nature & Environment — C1 English Lesson

📝Grammar: 9B: Quantifiers

When we describe amounts in English, we choose our words carefully. A healthy **ecosystem** needs **a lot of** rain, and scientists speak of **lots of** rainfall or **loads of** new species in positive sentences. We say **many** with countable nouns and **much** with uncountable nouns, mostly in negative sentences and questions. We do not see **many** polar bears in a shrinking **habitat**, and there is not **much** clean air left in cities with heavy **emissions**. **Plenty of** means more than enough, a comfortable surplus. A well-run **conservation** project always has **plenty of** volun